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Success will come if we work together, says Patrice Motsepe as new CAF President
RABABT - Africa needs collective wisdom, but also the exceptional talent and wisdom of every (national football association) president and every member nation, he said. When we all work together, football in Africa will experience success and growth that it has not enjoyed in the past.
Africa has suffered serious setbacks in recent years with all five qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia eliminated after the first round the worst showing in 36 years.
Dr Patrice Motsepe has been elected new CAF President
Last November, Malagasy Ahmad Ahmad became the first CAF president to be banned by FIFA, with a five-year suspension for governance issues cut to two after appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe was elected president of the African soccer confederation on Friday without the need for a vote after a deal brokered by FIFA saw his three challengers withdraw and left him as the only candidate.
While new Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe pleaded for unity as he seeks to fix the troubled organisation, there are already rumblings over his uncontested election.
Patrice Motsepe
Sole candidate South African Patrice Motsepe was confirmed as Confederation of African Football (CAF) president in Rabat Friday, and pleaded for unity as he seeks to fix the troubled organisation.
“Africa needs collective wisdom, but also the exceptional talent and wisdom of every (national football association) president and every member nation,” he said.
“When we all work together, football in Africa will experience success and growth that it has not enjoyed in the past.”
Africa has suffered serious setbacks in recent years with all five qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup in Russia eliminated after the first round the continent’s worst showing in 36 years.